
The juggernaut of the FIFA World Cup 2022 concluded with Argentina lifting the trophy after beating France in the penalties.
There were records galore in this World Cup and we shall dig into the stats of this World Cup edition.
Champions: Argentina (3rd title - 1978, 1986, 2022)
Runners-Up: France
3rd Position: Croatia
4th Position: Morocco (Best Performance by an African nation)
Now let's look at the players who topped the chart in the stats department. We shall look at the top 5 players in each department-
| Player | Country | Goals |
| 1. Kylian Mbappe | France | 8 |
| 2. Lionel Messi | Argentina | 7 |
| 3. Julian Alvarez | Argentina | 4 |
| 4. Olivier Giroud | France | 4 |
| 5. Alvaro Morata | Spain | 3 |
*There are a host of players who are on 3 goals. Alvaro Morata gets the nod because he has played the least number of minutes while scoring his three goals.
| Player | Country | Accurate Passes per 90 min |
| 1. Rodri | Spain | 147.2 |
| 2. Aymeric Laporte | Spain | 123.0 |
| 3. Jordi Alba | Spain | 99.1 |
| 4. Pedri | Spain | 98.6 |
| 5. Leandro Paredes | Argentina | 92.0 |
Here are the top 5 goalkeepers who made the most saves per 90 minutes in the tournament.
| Player (Total Saves) | Country | Saves per 90 min |
| 1. Wojciech Szczesny (23) | Poland | 5.8 |
| 2. Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (16) | Serbia | 5.3 |
| 3. Mohammed Al Owais (14) | Saudi Arabia | 4.7 |
| 4. Yann Sommer (12) | Switzerland | 4.0 |
| 5. Keylor Navas (11) | Costa Rica | 3.7 |
Argentina were awarded the most number of penalties in the World Cup with 5. They were awarded a penalty each in the quarterfinal, semifinal and final. Lionel Messi took all the penalties and he scored 4 out of 5. The only miss came against Poland in Argentina's final group-stage match.
A total of 23 penalties were awarded in the tournament, with 17 converted to goals.
Nayef Aguerd (Morocco) and Enzo Fernandez (Argentina) scored the two own goals of the tournament.
There were 4 red cards registered in this World Cup. Here are the players-
| Player | Country |
| 1. Wayne Hennessey | Wales |
| 2. Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon |
| 3. Walid Cheddira | Morocco |
| 4. Denzel Dumfries | Netherlands |
Gavi (Spain) at the age of 18 years 109 days against Costa Rica as Spain won 7-0.
Pepe (Portugal) at the age of 39 years 283 days against Switzerland in the Round of 16 match, as the Portuguese decimated the Swiss 6-1.

Five countries couldn't manage to register a single victory in the tournament. They are- Qatar, Wales, Denmark, Serbia and Canada.
Hosts Qatar and Canada lost all three of their group-stage fixtures.
A total of 172 goals were scored in the 2022 edition of the World Cup. France finished the tournament with the most goals as they netted 16 times.
Belgium, Denmark, Qatar, Tunisia and Wales have scored the least number of goals, 1 each.

2 players scored hat-tricks in the tournament. Goncalo Ramos of Portugal against Switzerland and Kylian Mbappe (France) in the final against Argentina.
3 players in this World Cup made their 5th different World Cup appearances - Andres Guardado (Mexico), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), and Lionel Messi (Argentina). Messi also has the record now of making the most appearances in World Cup, with 26 appearances.